String Quartet No. 13
1826 Beethoven's "String Quartet No. 13" in B flat major (Op 130) premieres in Vienna
- 1948 "Stop the Music" with Bert Parks premieres on ABC radio
First Rock & Roll Concert
1952 20,000 people attempt to attend the first-ever rock & roll concert when Alan Freed presents "The Moondog Coronation Ball" at the old 12,000-seat Cleveland Arena; performers include Paul Williams and the Hucklebuckers, Tiny Grimes and the Rocking Highlanders, The Dominoes, and Varetta Dillard
- 1959 Marc Blitzstein's musical "Juno," based Seán O'Casey's 1924 play "Juno and the Paycock'" and starring Shirley Booth and Melvyn Douglas, closes at the Winter Garden Theater, NYC, after 16 performances
Half a Sixpence
1963 David Heneker and Beverly Cross' musical "Half a Sixpence", starring Tommy Steele and Marti Webb, and based on the 1905 novel "Kipps" by H.G. Wells, opens at the Cambridge Theatre in London'd West End; runs for 677 performances
- 1964 9th Eurovision Song Contest: Gigliola Cinquetti for Italy wins singing "Non ho l'eta" in Copenhagen
- 1964 Beatles' single "She Loves You" goes to #1 in the US and stays at #1 for two weeks
Thoroughly Modern Millie
1967 Musical comedy film "Thoroughly Modern Millie", starring Julie Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore, and Carol Channing, premieres at the Criterion Theatre, NYC
- 1968 Hill, Hawkins & Coghill's musical premieres in London
- 1970 15th Eurovision Song Contest: Dana for Ireland wins singing "All Kinds of Everything" in Amsterdam
Music History
1984 Part of Central Park in New York City is named "Strawberry Fields" honoring John Lennon
- 1990 "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 149 performances
Music History
1994 English actor Dudley Moore arrested for hitting his girlfriend
Selena
1997 Film "Selena" is released based on the life of singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, starring Jennifer Lopez in her breakthrough role, directed by Gregory Nava
- 2000 NSYNC release their 4th studio album “No Strings Attached” (2000 Billboard Album of the Year)
- 2017 Haitian-American singer Wyclef Jean wrongly identified as a suspect, handcuffed and detained by LA county sheriff’s department
Music Concert
2019 Ringo Starr's fourteenth All-Starr Band debuts in concert; members include: Steve Lukather, Gregg Rolie, Colin Hay, Hamish Stuart, Gregg Bissonette, and Warren Ham
